nota  how good carpyng is not louedO.10.35: This rubric is divided after good and not, so that it appears as three lines. Three ticks follow it. The word nota is accompanied by flourishes at right and left.

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Ac he þat haþ holi writt  ay in his mouþe

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And can telle of tobye  & of þe twelue apostelis

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Or prechen of penaunce  þat pilat wrouȝte

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To iesu þe ientil  þat Iues to-drowen

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Litil is he loued  þat swich a lessoun schewiþ

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Or dauntid or drawen forþ  I do it on god hym-selue

Of mynystralis

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But þoo þat feynen hem folis  & wiþ faytyng libben

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A-O.10.42: A slash appears in this space; perhaps characters have been erased.ȝeyn þe lawe of oure lord  & lyen on hem-selue

Þat þus partenO.10.66: OC2 alone have the form parten in place of parteþ. wiþ þe pore  a parcel whanne hemO.10.66: OGC2F alone have hem in place of hym. nediþ

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Ne were mercy in mene men  more þan in riche

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¶ Mendynauntis . meteles  myȝten go to bedde

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God is myche in þe goorge  of þeise grete maystris

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Ac amongys mene men  his mercy & hise werkis

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And so seiþ þe sauter  I haue seyn it ofte

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Ecce audiuimus eam in effrata  inuenimus eam in campis silue

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Clerkis & oþere kyns men  carpen of god faste

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And han hym myche in þe mouþ  ac mene men in herte

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O.10.75: A cross composed of dots appears in the left margin, with red rays emanating from the dots; like others of this type, it
appears to be in the main scribal hand.Freris & faytouris  han founden swiche questiouns

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To plese wiþ . proude men  siþ þe pestilence tyme

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And prechen at seynt poulis  for pure envie of clerkis

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Þat folk beenO.10.78: OC2 alone have been; most B manuscripts have is. not fermed in þe feiþ  ne free of her goodis

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Ne sory for her synnes  so is pride waxen

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In religioun & in al þe rewme  amongys riche & pore

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Þat preyeris han no power  þe pestilence to lette

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And ȝit þe wrecchis of þis world  is noon ywar bi oþer

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Ne for drede of þe deþ  wiþ-drawen not her pride

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Ne been plentyuouse to þe pore  as pure charite wolde

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But in gaynesse & glotenye  forglutten her good hem-selue

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And breken not to þe begger  as þe book techiþ

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Frange esurienti panem tuum & ceteraO.10.87: This line is written in the right margin.

And alle þe musons ofO.10.181: HmOC2 alone have of in place of in. musyk  I made hir to knowe

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Plato þe poete  I putte hym first to boke

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Aristotle & oþere moo  to argue I tauȝte

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Gramer for gyrles  I garte first write

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And bette hem wiþ a baleys  but if þei woldenO.10.185: O alone has the form wolden in place of wolde. lerne

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Of alle kyns craftes  I contreuede tooles

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Of carpentrie of keruers  & compassede masouns

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And kennedeO.10.188: OC2 alone have kennede in place of lerned. hem leuel & lyne  þouȝ I loke dymme

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Teologie haþ tened me  ten score tymes

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Þe mor I muse þer-Inne  þe mystier it semeþ

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And þe depper I dyuyne  þe derker me it þinkeþ

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It is no science for-soþe  for to sutile Inne

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AndO.10.193: OC2 alone have And in place of A. ful leþi þing it were  if þat loue nere

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And for it let best bi loue  I loue it þe better

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For þere þat loue is leder  ne lakkeþ no grace

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Loke þou loue lelli  if þee likeþ do wel

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AndO.10.197: OC2F alone have And in place of For. do-bette & do-best  been of loues kyn

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In oþere science it seiþ  I seyȝ it in catoun

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Qui simulat verbis  nec corde est fidus amicusO.10.199: This line is written in the right margin.

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Tu quoque fac simile  cumO.10.200: YOC2 alone have cum in place of sic. ars dilluditur arteO.10.200: This line is written in the right margin and connected with the preceding line by brackets at both sides; it is followed
by the number 26, indicating the verse of the Disticha Catonis which is quoted.

Michi vindictam & ego retribuam .O.10.215: This line is written in the right margin and followed by three ticks. It is divided after ego, and the second line is preceded by a red parasign.

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For-þi loke þou louye  as longe as þow durest

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For is no concience vndir sunne  so souereyn for þe soule

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Ac astronomye is an hard þing  & yuele for to knowe

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Geometrie & geomesye  is gynful of speche

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Who-so þenkiþ wirche wiþ þoo two  þryueþ ful late

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For sorcerie is þe souereyn book  þat to þe science longeþ

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Ȝit arn þer fybicchisO.10.222:Fybicchis is a nonce-word. Skeat (Vol.II, 154) notes that he "cannot trace any such word in English, French, or Scandinavian," and
elsewhere (Vol. II, 353) tentatively glosses it "contrivances." The MED repeats Quirk's suggestion that the word may derive from Pebichios, the name of an early alchemist, and tentatively defines it as "some kind of alchemical manipulations or tricks." in forceris  of fele mennys makyngO.10.222: Two crosses, approximately two lines in height and apparently in hand 2, appear in the bottom margin under arn and þer of this line.

Canes non valentes latrareO.10.307: This line is written in the bottom right margin, and is preceded by a red parasign. At the bottom of the leaf there appear
traces of a quire signature which has been lost to cropping.

O.10.311: A cross about three characters in height, apparently by hand 2, appears in the left margin between l. 311 and l. 312. It
may have been intended to point to the faulty alliteration of l. 311.In scole þer is a scoorn  but if a clerk wole lerne

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And greet loue & lykyng  for ich of hem loueþ oþer

Religioun

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And now is religioun a rider  a romer bi stretis

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A leder of louedayes  & a loond bigger

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A priker on a palfrey  fro maner to maner

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An heep of houndis at his ers  as he a lord were

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And but if his knaue knele  þat schal hym þe cuppe brynge

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He loureþ on hym & axeþ  who tauȝte hym curteysye

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O.10.319: A cross composed of dots, with a flourish at the bottom, appears in the left margin; like others of this type, it is probably
by the main scribal hand.Litil hadden lordis to do  to ȝyue loond fro her eyris

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To religiouse þat han no ruþe  þouȝ it reyne on her auteris

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In many places þere þei persouns been  be hem-selue at ese

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O.10.322: A cross about two characters in height, probably by hand 2, appears in the left margin. It may have been intended to point
to the faulty alliteration of l. 322.OfO.10.322: OC2F alone lack þe before pore. pore han þei no pite  & þat is her charite

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And þei leten hem as lordis  her loond lijþ so brode

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Ac þer schal come a kyng  & confesse ȝow religiouse

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And bete ȝow as þe bible telleþ  for brekyng of ȝoure rule

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And amende monyales  monkis & chanounes

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And putte hem to her penaunce  ad pristinum statum ire

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And barouns & erles bete hem  þoruȝ beatus vir techyng

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Þat her barnes cleymen  & blamen ȝow foule

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Hij in curribus & hij in equis ipsi obligati sunt & cetera

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And þanne freris in her freytour  schul fynde a keye

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Of constantynys tresore  in which is þe catel 

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O.10.333: A cross about three characters in height, probably by hand 2, appears in the left margin. It may have been intended to point
to the faulty alliteration of l. 333.Þat gregories god-children  han yuele dispendid

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And þanne schal þe abbot of abyngdon  & al his issu for euere 

Wiþ WhatO.10.335: The purpose of the marginal addition is not apparent.

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Haue a knok of a kyng  & incurable þe wounde

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Þat þis worþe soþ seke ȝe  þat ofte ouerseen þe bible

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Quomodo cessauit exactor quieuit tributumcontriuit dominus baculum impiorum & virgam dominancium credencium plaga insanabiliO.10.337: This line is divided after credencium, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text.

In þe legende of seyntisO.10.387: A solidus/punctus above seyntis marks it for deletion, but no substitute is supplied. OC2 alone have seyntis in place of correctly alliterating lif.  longe er I were

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Or ellis writen for wickidnesse  as holy writ witnesseþ

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Nemo ascendit inO.10.389: OC2M alone have in in place of ad. celum  nisi qui de celo descenditO.10.389: A double solidus over descendit and celo indicates transposition of original descendit de celo. The erroneous word order is shared with C2F.

Dum steteritis ante reges & presides & ceteraO.10.454: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after &, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text.

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Þouȝ ȝe come bifore kyngys  & clerkis of þe lawe

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Beþ not abassched . for I schal  be . in ȝoure mouþes

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And ȝyue ȝow witt & wille  & kunnyng to conclude 

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Hem alle . þat aȝens ȝow  of cristendoom disputen

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Dauid makiþ mencioun  he spake amongys kyngys

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And myȝte no kyng ouercome hym  as bi kunnyng of speche

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But witt ne wisdam  wan neuere þe maystrie

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Whanne man was at mescheef  wiþ-oute þe more grace

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Þe douȝtiest doctour  & dyuynour of þe trinyte

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Was austyn þe olde  & hyest of þe foure

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Seyde þus in a sermoun  I seyȝ it writen ones

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Ecce ipsi ydeoteyd[i]ote rapiunt celum  vbiO.10.466: OC2 alone lack nos before sapientes. sapientes in inferno mergimurO.10.466: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after vbi, and a red parasign precedes the second line of text.

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And is to mene on englisch  to more & to lesse

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Arn noon oþere raþer rauyschid  fro þe riȝt beleue

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Þan arn þise kunnynge clerkis  þat kunne many bokis

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Ne noon sunner saued  ne sadder of bileue

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Þan plowmen & pastouris  & oþere comune laboreris

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Souters & scheepheerdis  & swiche lewid iottesO.10.472:Iottes is a nonce-word, defined conjecturally by the MED as "a person of poor estate" and by Skeat (II, 377) as "peasants, low people, men of small intelligence."

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Percen wiþ a pater nosterO.10.473: A decoration composed of vertical lines and horizontal slashes descends two line spaces from the long <s> in noster.  þe paleys of heuene